NACMS has classified our publications by level to aid you in finding material most helpful to you:
- Basic for those new to the Marianist world and having little or no prior knowledge of Marianist history or the Marianist charism
- Intermediate for those who have some knowledge and understanding of things Marianist
- Advanced for those who have significant knowledge and understanding of things Marianist and want to go deeper
- Resource materials, including prayers, activities, and reflections for individuals and groups
- Reference materials, including source documents and compendia
The resources listed below are found within our e-publications and bookstore. Items available in our library are not listed, but can be found by searching in our library catalog.
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Things Marianist: How Do People Make Commitments to Living Marianist Life?This Things Marianist examines the “keep on keeping on” aspect to Marianist life that is known as stability. |
$0.60 |
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Things Marianist (Full Set of 15 Issues)Buy a full set of Things Marianist, 15 issues in total, and save. |
$7.50 |
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You've Got To Be Carefully TaughtBrother James Wisecaver, SM, shares his experiences, thoughts, and impressions with Marianists who are concerned with involving themselves with the emerging multicultural faces of America. Cultural characteristics inherent in the behavior of Anglo-Americans and several immigrant peoples will be described. |
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Promise and the Path: Starting and Sustaining Marianist Communities. . . a resource for community meetings. The structure of each chapter has a nice balance of personal story, solid Marianist formation, and well-thought out discussion questions. |
$15.00 |
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Mary and FreedomAccording to Brother Lawrence J. Cada, SM, "American Catholic spirituality draws its most distinctive genius from the high ideals of the American ethos. Freedom is the ideal that will link Marianist spirituality and American Catholic spirituality." |
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Mary Was a Lay Woman Who Lived in CommunityThis paper addresses three components of Marianist spirituality: empowerment of the laity, Mary, and community. The historical relevance of the establishment of lay groups in Bordeaux is compared in two major biographies of Father Chaminade, and the characteristics of the early communities are presented as a model for today's Church. |
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Partners in Mission: Some Reflections on the Future of Mount Saint JohnBrother Raymond L. Fitz, SM, looks at the first 100 years of Marianist involvement at the Mount St. John property in Dayton, Ohio. His words are a reflection and challenge for all Marianists--religious and lay. |
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Marianist Charism and Our Life/Work Among the PoorThis short read challenges us to consider our solidarity with the poor, no matter how we define the poor, and to respond to injustice with faith as Mary did. |
$3.00 |
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Whose Wine Is It? Reflections on the Relationship Between Marianist Religious Communities and Marianist Lay CommunitiesFramed by the scripture and images of the wedding feast at Cana (John 2:10), Brother Glodek explores the relationship of Marianist laity and Marianist religious men and women. |
$3.00 |
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Marianist Person at the Dawn of the Twenty-first CenturyBihl’s work is a study of the theology of the human person in relationship to Marianist spirituality. His work also includes Trinitarian, liberation, and feminist perspectives and builds a view of the human person who is free and who participates in God’s creative reality. |
$14.00 |